# Theatre of the Mind radio shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112 "2014-12-02T10:49:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112/1 "2014-12-02T10:49:29Z")

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Does anyone know where I can get podcasts or on-demand streams of radio shows from the 30’s and 40’s? Specifically, I’m looking for some of these: [http://www.zoomerradio.ca/category/shows/theatre-of-the-mind/](http://www.zoomerradio.ca/category/shows/theatre-of-the-mind/)

The radio station has live broadcasts during EST nights but I want to listen to them in Japan, before I go to bed.

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**Author:** ![LynnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112/2 "2014-12-02T11:48:32Z")

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> [@Saturn\_Dreams](#):
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> Does anyone know where I can get podcasts or on-demand streams of radio shows from the 30’s and 40’s? Specifically, I’m looking for some of these: [http://www.zoomerradio.ca/category/shows/theatre-of-the-mind/](http://www.zoomerradio.ca/category/shows/theatre-of-the-mind/)
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> The radio station has live broadcasts during EST nights but I want to listen to them in Japan, before I go to bed.

Try:  
[http://www.whenradiowas.com/](http://www.whenradiowas.com/)

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112/3 "2014-12-02T23:32:54Z")

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If you’re looking for old radio shows in general, you can download them from the [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio), or from other sites that specialize in old time radio. Or there are podcasts: see [here](http://boxcars711.podomatic.com/) or [here](http://www.otrpodcast.com/) or [here](http://www.relicradio.com/otr/), or just search for yourself.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112/4 "2014-12-02T23:57:03Z")

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yeah Internet Archive

> **[Old Time Radio](https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio)**

is an easy massive collection that should last you a few years or more.

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-of-the-mind-radio-shows/706112/5 "2014-12-03T07:03:04Z")

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Brilliant! Thanks for these. I found two of my favourites: The Inner Sanctum and The Third Man.